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Barcelona 1992

Redmond’s Olympic Spirit

Derek Anthony Redmond didn’t win a medal at the Barcelona Olympics. In fact, the British 400m runner didn’t even make it past the semi-final stage. But it was his determination to finish that will live forever in the minds of millions.
9/23/2011
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Youth Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games… The Journey Continues
Youth Olympic Games… The Journey Continues

Over the past year, we have been travelling the world, bringing you inspiring stories of true Olympism for our YOG on the Road to London 2012 campaign, in which we have profiled and interviewed young stars from the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010 who have made a splash on the senior circuit.

   

London 2012

Britain welcomes the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay
Britain welcomes the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Thousands of cheering Britons lined the streets of towns and cities across Cornwall and Devon as the Olympic torch was carried over 136 miles from Land’s End to Plymouth Hoe on the first day of its 8,000-mile relay around the UK. On 27 July the torch will ignite the cauldron at London’s Olympic Stadium to mark the start of the 2012 Games. More than 130 ordinary people and sports celebrities including Olympic swimming star Duncan Goodhew carried the torch through Falmouth, Truro and the Eden Project at the start of its 70-day journey around the UK.
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